Hollywood stars celebrated the power of the Me Too movement as protesters turned out in force for women’s marches on the first anniversary of US president Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman, Eva Longoria and Viola Davis were among those to address an estimated 700,000-plus crowd in Los Angeles on Saturday.

As hundreds of thousands of marchers took to streets across the US, Trump tweeted that it was a “perfect day” for women to celebrate the “economic success and wealth creation” of his first year in the White House.

But anti-Trump sentiments were prominent among the placards in favour of women’s rights.

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Johansson, wearing a top with the slogan “Time’s Up”, told marchers how the allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein led her to consider how she was treated as a young actress.

She said: “I stand before you as someone who is empowered not only by the curiosity about myself and by the active choices that I’m finally able to make and stand by, but by the strength and the unity that this movement has provided.